Venture Capital

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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EU Tech Investment Blossoms After Two-Year Drought
EU Tech Investment Blossoms After Two-Year Drought
June 03, 2024  |  Investments

Tech investments in Europe are reportedly in bloom after a long fallow period. This turnaround is the subject of a report Monday (June 3) by...

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Rows Raises $8.7 Million to Expand AI-Powered Spreadsheet App
Rows Raises $8.7 Million to Expand AI-Powered Spreadsheet App
May 27, 2024  |  Investments

Rows has raised 8 million euros (about $8.7 million) to expand its cloud-based, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered spreadsheet app. “There’s never been a better time to...

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VC Investment in Crypto Hits $2.4 Billion After Long Decline
VC Investment in Crypto Hits $2.4 Billion After Long Decline
May 20, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Venture capital investment in cryptocurrency companies is reportedly increasing after nearly two years of cooling. Investment in these companies climbed to $2.4 billion during the first three...

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General Catalyst Reportedly Raises Nearly $6 Billion for Tech Firms
General Catalyst Reportedly Raises Nearly $6 Billion for Tech Firms
April 28, 2024  |  Investments

Venture capital (VC) operation General Catalyst has reportedly raised almost $6 billion for technology startups. The company, which has invested in Stripe, Snap and Mistral, could close its newest fund as...

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Crypto.com VC Arm Cautious of Outsized Valuations
Crypto.com VC Arm Cautious of Outsized Valuations
April 17, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto.com’s venture capital unit has doubts about some of the sector’s steep valuations. That’s according to CEO Kris Marszalek, who spoke on the topic in...

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Andreessen Horowitz Raises $7.2 Billion as VCs Focus on AI
Andreessen Horowitz Raises $7.2 Billion as VCs Focus on AI
April 17, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Andreessen Horowitz has raised $7.2 billion for tech startups including those in the AI sector. The funding, announced by the venture capital (VC) group Tuesday...

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Tabs Secures $7 Million to Scale AI-Powered AR Platform
Tabs Secures $7 Million to Scale AI-Powered AR Platform
April 11, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Tabs has secured $7 million in seed funding to scale its artificial intelligence (AI) accounts receivable (AR) platform. The company’s Tabs AI platform understands and extracts...

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Ex-PayPal CEO Dan Schulman Joins Valor Capital
Ex-PayPal CEO Dan Schulman Joins Valor Capital
April 10, 2024  |  Personnel

Former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman has been named managing partner at Valor Capital. The firm, which says it launched the first U.S. and Latin American cross-border venture fund in 2011, announced...

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This Week in AI: Upskilling Workers, VC’s Secret Weapon and Apple’s New ReALM
This Week in AI: Upskilling Workers, VC’s Secret Weapon and Apple’s New ReALM
April 05, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, the U.S. and the U.K. are collaborating on safety tests for advanced AI technologies. Tech giants like Google and Microsoft have formed...

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